The setting is a weekly game at school. It is a full table 40 dollar maximum buy in. Blinds are .25/.50 NL hold em.

A little background on the game, I had been playing very tight and picking up nice pots. I have played with this group for about a month now and they respect my style of play. I had picked up some decent pots along the way and had a stack of about 80 dollars.

I am on the button and there is a raise to 2.00, 3 people call. I am holding 3s 7s and decide to make the call. 5 people to the flop and my dream comes true, 4d 5d 6h. It is checked all the way around and I bet 10 fearing the flush. My thinking is that hopefully I will chase a bunch of people off and hopefully get a caller with a set. It is folded around to the person that acts behind me.

He plays a lot of hand combinations and has been relatively wreckless throughout the game. He has been very hot lately and has a stack of around $120. His post flop play is decent. He min raises me to 20. This is strange because he has rarely raised throughout the whole game. He had also checked behind me but at the time I failed to realize this. I thought about it for a while and pushed all in. He flipped over 7h 8h.

Was there anything I could have done here to help myself out? Thinking back on the hand maybe I should have just called his raise. It is unlikely he is raising on a flush draw and a 2 pair or set gives me the best hand.

Thoughts on this?